All Series
Series
Regular feature series or “columns” to the blog.
- Inside the Museum
Creativity and the Museum
Director Lynn Zelevansky on the role of museums in fostering creativity.
Artist Lenka Clayton’s attic studio in Polish Hill. Photo: Bryan Conley
- Inside the Museum
The Role of Museums in Uncertain Times
Director Lynn Zelevansky on museums as safe spaces for conversation and reflection.
- Envisioning Appalachia
Youth Storytellers Discover New Narratives at the Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art and a storied media-making organization team up to teach storytelling as a tool of youth empowerment.
- Photo Essay
Face to Face with Strangers in Downtown Pittsburgh
With his Nearsighted series, photographer Tom Souzer gets up close and personal with the people of Downtown Pittsburgh.
- Envisioning Appalachia
Between Truth and Fiction: Pittsburgh’s Burden of Identity
Matthew Newton considers Pittsburgh's industrial past, and how that has legacy has shaped the city's identity over the last four decades.
- Envisioning Appalachia
Appalachian Youth Respond to the Museum as Classroom
The Appalachian youth of this summer's Envisioning Our Future program, a collaboration between CMOA and Appalshop, reflect on their experiences.
- Envisioning Appalachia
Witness to Tragedy: Between the Historical and the Poetic
Kate Fowler examines the death of Pastor Mack Wolford, and her complicated role as documentarian and friend.
- Inside the Museum
Art in Context and the Pleasures of Looking
Director Lynn Zelevansky considers a variety of art experiences from recent travels.
- Interview
Paul Graham: Moments of Cognition in the Everyday World
Dan Leers, curator of photography at Carnegie Museum of Art, talks with photographer Paul Graham about multiplicity in his work.
- Photo Essay
In Aliquippa, Life Persists in the Wake of Big Steel’s Collapse
At one time, Aliquippa was home to the world's largest steel mill. When the mill closed in 1984, however, it left the town with no clear path forward.